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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko

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development). These projects have included Robotics Platforms, Planning, Monitoring and Control algorithms, Sensor Interface, User Inter- faces, Wireless communication, Signal Processing etc. All of this involves direction and teaching teams how to use the required tools and apply engineering skills to transform a concept into a product. She also manages interdisciplinary senior design projects in collaboration with other engineering departments such as Textiles Engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Beyond senior design, she has also created and teaches undergraduate as well as graduate-level classes in ECE (Python and scripting, Algorithms in ECE, Practical Engineering Prototyping (PrEP). She also has designed and

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Petronella A. James-Okeke, Morgan State University; Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University

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Adjunct Faculty for the Transportation Systems and, the City & Regional Planning programs at MSU. Her research interests include engineering education, student success, online engineering pedagogy and program assessment solutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, bicycle access, and ethics in engineering. She has several published works in engineering education and online learning. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City & Regional Planning at Morgan State University (MSU), Baltimore, Maryland. She completed a B.S. Management Studies, at the University of the West Indies (Mona), Jamaica.Dr. Jumoke Oluwakemi Ladeji-Osias

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Phillip Wong, Portland State University; Robert Bass, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer

improvestudent motivation to study engineering. ABET accreditation explicitly requires some level ofteamwork through Student Outcomes, in particular criterion 5, “an ability to function effectivelyon a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusiveenvironment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives” [page 42, 1]. Clearly, both ABETand engineering faculty expect students to engage in substantive projects that include teamworkand project management.Typically, the senior-level capstone design project is when students engage in more authenticprojects. However, there are engineering programs that have also developed so-calledcornerstone courses at lower divisions (e.g. [2], [3]). Projects may differ in

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gina Martinez, Lewis University; Safwan Omari, Lewis University

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Electrical and Computer

resource plan. One of the first steps for developing the human resource plan is identifying and documenting roles and responsibilities. This is particularly critical in small to medium-sized liberal arts colleges looking to obtain initial ABET accreditation. Historically, these colleges lack in-house expertise regarding the process. Moreover, preparation ideally starts several years before the campus visit, therefore, roles such as acquiring accreditation knowledge, training, dissemination of such training are identified at the beginning. Among the qualities of a good human resource plan are that it can determine if human resource requirements are met, how they are met, determine when they are no longer met, and has a clear plan of acquiring

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Penn State Harrisburg; Shashi S. Marikunte, Penn State Harrisburg; Ma'moun Abu-Ayyad, Penn State Harrisburg; AB Shafaye, Penn State Harrisburg

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that engineering programs become aware of thechanges and start revising their assessment plans to ensure a smooth transition. In addition tohaving a continuous improvement process that closes the loop and provides improvement thatensures a high quality education, there are many issues that programs must document andaddress in the self-study report. This paper will review the basic ABET Criteria that need to befulfilled to ensure a successful accreditation visit. This will be discussed from the perspective ofan institution that recently completed a successful accreditation visit and is in the process ofrevising its assessment processes to respond to the recent general criteria changes.Introduction/BackgroundABET has become an international

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique José González-Carvajal, University of South Florida; Gokhan Mumcu, University of South Florida

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Fig. 9. Plane wave incident on awaves inside a coaxial cable Visualizations were developed and dielectric boundary at z = 0 - 3Dadministered to the EM course of the Fall and Spring semesters visualization descriptionof 2016 and 2017 respectively. After Spring 2017, curriculum changes in at USF replaced theEM undergraduate course with the Electrical Engineering (EE) Science II course. The courseincludes a 1 credit lab component (about a total of 10 labs per semester) and 3D visualizationrelated activities are planned to be utilized in 3 labs. In addition to the 3D visualizationsdemonstrated to the EM course, the particle accelerator and plane wave 3D visualizations weredeveloped primarily for the undergraduate level EE Science II course. These

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Booth, North Carolina State University; Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Alireza Dayerizadeh, North Carolina State University; Pam Page Carpenter, North Carolina State University

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Electrical and Computer

Portfolium reflections that I completed were very useful in monitoring my research and learning progress. Particularly during my training with Typhoon HIL, I was able to document specific stages in my skills development with the software. Also, other tours and visits helped me connect those experiences to research and learning objectives."Additionally, students learned how to create a marketable LinkedIn page; therefore, with ashowcase purpose, students were able to support their LinkedIn skills with specific skills listed.Another student stated, “I feel that the Portfolium reflections that I completed as an REU were a great way to expose and market myself to the engineering industry.”The program plans to continue

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University; Zhuming Bi P.E., Purdue University Fort Wayne; Wenbing Zhao, Cleveland State University

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Electrical and Computer

University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, USA Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science3 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USAAbstractNeural network system, a portion of artificial intelligence, is increasingly becoming prevalentnowadays. This paper presents a pedagogical study applied in a neural network field. Theapplication of neural network models to function approximation is one of the latest developments inelectrical engineering including robotics motion planning and navigation. It is, however, achallenging task to instruct on this topic in computational intelligence techniques course. In general,a function approximation issue aims to select a function among a well

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie A. Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

, which is authentic reflection on the process. Some of the groups that we looked atdid very thoughtfully reflect on points such as how this assignment and course altered theirperceptions of engineering practice, and how their team carried out the design process to accountfor CSR. However, most team reflections were superficial and vague, at best, a result we havealso seen in past work incorporating reflection into engineering courses [12]. We plan to providebetter guidance to the students moving forward on what high-quality reflections look like. Wealso will work to weave CSR more completely throughout the semester. A few students observedon the end-of-semester course evaluations that it was a focus at the beginning and end of thecourse, but was

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Joi D. Aybar, Morgan State University; Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Sacharia Albin, Norfolk State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Prairie View A&M University; Shonda L. Bernadin, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ibibia K. Dabipi, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Abdelnasser A Eldek, Jackson State University; Demetris Geddis, Hampton University; Petronella A. James-Okeke, Morgan State University; John Carey Kelly Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; Juan C. Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Mandoye Ndoye, Tuskegee University; Kofi Nyarko, Morgan State University; Ben O. Oni, Tuskegee University; Stella A. Quinones, University of Texas, El Paso; Michel A. Reece, Morgan State University; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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coordinator for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She teaches at the graduate and undergraduate level, using both face-to-face and blended online learning instruction. She is an Adjunct Faculty for the Transportation Systems and, the City & Regional Planning programs at MSU. Her research interests include engineering education, student success, online engineering pedagogy and program assessment solutions, transportation planning, transportation impact on quality of life issues, bicycle access, and ethics in engineering. She has several published works in engineering education and online learning. Dr. Petronella James earned her Doctor of Engineering (Transportation) and Masters of City &

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maddumage Karunaratne, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Electrical and Computer

backed by writtendocumentation and oral presentations at the department seminar. Students complete the project workwith a live demonstration at the end of the second semester in front of an audience consisting of agroup of general public and experienced EE/COE engineers. Part II of this paper emphasizes important parts of the embedded systems course leading to adiscussion of the capstone project course and its requirements. Part III provides a detail discussion ofthe results of a survey completed by students after they have received the grades for the proposal anddesign phases of the project, but before starting the second semester of their projects. Finally, part IVsummarizes the findings with future plans to explore more on this

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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situation. These two incidents highlightedthe complexity of running computerized exams and the unpredictable human errors that comeswith them.Early in the spring of 2016, IT gave their final notice to discontinue service for computerizedexams starting in the fall of 2016. Although this creates an inconvenience, it also presents anopportunity for the course staff to gain full control of the exam infrastructure.Phase II: Self-Supported Computerized ExamThere are two components in self-supported computerized exam that require planning: hardwareand software. Since we no longer can block off a large number of computer labs, we have toresort to the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) model. Students will need to bring their owncomputers to use in the exams

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Lorena Villarreal, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christian Hassard, Digipen Institute of Technology

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].Other research efforts show that students also have a lack of confidence, interest and sense ofbelonging [4, 9, 10] in engineering programs. There is evidence that they still struggle withcareer decisions into their fourth year [5]. To have a positive impact on student motivation andproblem-solving skills, these concerns must also be addressed. The sense of belonging, thefeeling of being technically competent and socially comfortable, the ability of students to asktheir own questions, plan their research, analyze their own findings and communicate their ownknowledge enable a more effective and lasting learning [5, 11].This is why active learning methods can increase student retention rates and engagement inengineering programs [12-14]. In these

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelvin T. Erickson, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Electrical and Computer

laboratory sessions are spent on the classwide project described above. Theproject is 7 weeks long and proceeds in stages. Each team first produces the sequence diagramsfor their unit, and then implements the sequential control by using a “class standard” ladder logicwith code libraries, moves on to programming an HMI screen for their unit and then startstesting. The students start testing parts of their code by the third week. Week 6 is the big unittest, conducted like a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) with a published test plan, much like whathappens in a consulting engineering firm’s office before the project is commissioned in the realmanufacturing facility. The seventh week is the test of the inter-unit communication andcoordination, like the

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zvi S. Roth, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

/societal problem of Earthatmosphere greenhouse effect and to the growing problem of dwindling water resources. Studentslearn to interpret embedded sensory information (in this case a thermometer) as active part of thetrial and error design process.Figure 1: The overall winner of the mousetrap competition, which surprisingly won bothevents despite the radically opposing event objectives.Other graded course activities attempted to plant the seeds of what can be viewed as SystemsApproach to Engineering. One such example is that of production planning using the EXCELSolver Optimization tool. To many it may seem premature to teach students, most of whom havenot yet finished their calculus courses, about optimization. We noted however that by getting

Conference Session

Active & Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guodong Wang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Yanxiao Zhao, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Electrical and Computer

GI cooperative learning modelemphasizes learning to solve problems and encourage students' involvement [3], which is appliedto our computer networking class. Specifically, students are divided into groups and get involvedin the planning phase of learning from the beginning, which includes selections of topic andapproaches to conducting their investigation. After selecting a topic or project, students completeit via active-study, e.g., reading textbooks, searching for technical papers, programming, troubleshooting, evaluation, etc.The significance of project-oriented cooperative learning strategy has been explored in electricalpower systems classes [4] [5], but it has not reported any project-oriented instructions in computernetworking. In

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Mehmet Vurkaç, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University; Nhan K. Nguyen, Seattle University; Olsen John Salgado Ong, Seattle University

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course at Seattle University, for two consecutive years. Laboratorycomponents in the course utilize the MRK+Line robotics kit, based on the DIGILENT chipKITPro MX4 development board, which uses a Microchip PIC32MX microcontroller, based on theMIPS architecture. Hardware and Software platforms used exclusively for the IoT projects willbe introduced in the following section.ImplementationIoT-based activities for the Embedded Systems course were planned and implemented for twoquarters; fall 2017 and fall 2018. This course is required for students pursuing a BS in ElectricalEngineering with a Computer Engineering Specialization at Seattle University, and an electivefor students in the Electrical Engineering program. The course is open to both

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Safeer M. Khan P.E., Arkansas Tech University; Mohamed Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University; Nansong Wu, Arkansas Tech University

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Electrical and Computer

involves planning, modeling, simulation, building, andtesting prototypes.Success in an engineering career largely depends on a thorough understanding of engineeringdesign processes. Two of the key outcomes of engineering education are: to prepare engineeringstudents to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems, and to apply engineeringdesign to produce solutions [1]. Traditional assessment methods including exams, quizzes, andhomework assignments are primarily designed to measure the effectiveness of engineeringcurriculum in skill development. However, having the skills alone does not ensure that studentswill be successful through the engineering program, as well as in their future careers. An importantelement of success is to

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New ECE laboratories

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamer Omar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Anas Salah Eddin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mohamed El-Hadedy P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Hyoungsoo Kim, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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a microcontroller lab to present two serial communication protocols. SerialPeripheral Interface (SPI) and Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C) protocols are presented to students inorder to learn the serial input output capabilities of microcontrollers in addition to teach them theskills required to validate and verify the correctness of the communication protocols using theMSO. Students are required to write a program for transferring data between two microcontrollersusing both assembly and C languages.The lab instruction details together with the circuit design and the expected outputs are presentedto help instructors implement the labs. For future work, the authors are planning to propose moreserial and parallel protocols based on the MSO

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Embedded Systems & Cybersecurity for ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nader Rafla P.E., Boise State University; H. Shelton Jacinto, Boise State University; Luka Daoud, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

subject. An additionallearning opportunity that enhances student learning is the ability to work on small portions of along-term project. The instructor in this environment acts as a facilitator to provide guidancethroughout the design process rather than a director of a classroom. Due to the great variety ofPBL activities, research in this area has revealed that there is generally no universal model forPBL [4]. Without a universal model for PBL, this suggests that the planning, managing, enacting,and assessing projects specifically designed for PBL is a challenging problem. On the flip-side,PBL has great impact on self-directed learning skills [5]: Allowing students to workcollaboratively during the research and implementation phases of design

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David J. Cheney, University of Florida; Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

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Electrical and Computer

-classroom session to on-line videos provides amore comprehensive education, a quantitative attempt was made using the final class project asthe focus. The results show the students who attended the flipped session had marginally betterprojects according to the scoring rubric used, but nothing significant. Reasons for the lack ofanything conclusive might be due to how the metric was used in the experiment and studentmotivation. Further study is needed to develop a more in-depth experiment. Future workinclude repeating the study, but providing more incentives to motivate the students. Incentivescould include a competition for best projects. Our current plan is to offer extra credit toward thefinal grade if students add more components, increase

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Joseph Callenes, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Paul Hummel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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effectively on a team whose members together provideleadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meetobjectives” [1]. Educational research has shown that group work has a significant impact onlong-term material retention, critical thinking and communication skills. Group work can alsoincrease individual productivity and performance (a student can achieve more than working ontheir own), skills development (interpersonal, leadership, motivational), and knowledge about theself (identifying strengths and weaknesses) [2]–[4].Although group work has many benefits, in the worst case, it can also present many challengesincluding ostracism (some members may feel like an outcast in a group), unequal

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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Electrical and Computer

learning in higher education can be integrated into theclassroom using one of two models: formal cooperative learning and informal cooperativelearning [2]. In formal cooperative learning, students work together to achieve a specific task forseveral weeks. In this form of cooperative learning, instructors plan the assigned tasks'objectives, the number of students in a team, the selection process of members in the team, andthe evaluation process for group members. Formal cooperative learning is widely implementedin Engineering education in lab sessions, senior design projects, and project assignments.In the informal cooperative learning approach, temporary groups are formed to work on aquestion or a problem posted in real-time by the instructor

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adriyel Nieves, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tim Kane, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Shengxi Huang, Pennsylvania State University; Diego Penaloza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Electrical and Computer

project. This will allow for students within the university tofoster a pipe-line of continuous improvement so that with each generation, studentsare learning and getting a better experience.One issue that professors encounter within the university is the use of informationcirculating among the students from previous years. This can degrade the learningand understanding of the individual student. As a counter-measure, we plan tomake several changes throughout the years. The most obvious alteration ischanging the parameters such as the frequency of operation for the radar. Thisseems simple, but the effect of this change will require the student to ensure theyunderstand the frequency dependence of equations and how they affect size,weight, and power

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ECE Division Poster Session

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sohum A. Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Nielsen L. Pereira, Purdue University

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current status and fix goals accordingly to complete theproject in time, (3) mini-lessons, centers, and resources: mini-lessons, centers, andresources help promote students’ learning supporting the differentiated instructionapproach which essentially helps students to seamlessly transit from centers to resourcesto mini-lessons based on their need, (4) voice and choice in products: allows students toexpress what project they want to work on and how they plan to utilize their time, (5)differentiate through formative assessments: differentiated instructions through formativeassessments in the form of written responses, oral communication, poster or collage helpstudents move forward in the project, (6) balance teamwork and individual

Conference Session

New Developments in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Son Nguyen, University of California, Davis; Andre Knoesen, University of California, Davis; Hooman Rashtian, University of California, Davis

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years. Based on thepreliminary surveys and course evaluations, the course is successful in motivating students and to introducethem to different important topics in electrical and computer engineering. For future work, the plan is toobtain the IRB approval to collect assessment data about subjective experience of students in the class aswell as their performance in in their future downstream junior and senior years.AcknowledgmentsThis work is supported by Texas Instruments. The authors would like to thank Jason Rubadue at TexasInstruments for his support.References[1] Chu, P. P. (2016, June), Integrating Computer Engineering Labs with a "Sound Theme" Paper presentedat 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana.[2

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Course Transformation in ECE

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Mohan Wang, University of Pittsburgh; Mohamed A. S. Zaghloul, University of Pittsburgh; Spencer Mark Sullivan; Kevin Chen

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Electrical and Computer

and their exposure to theassociated software tools. Eleven of 15 students said they were more engaged during the classsessions with active learning versus lecture. This paper will describe the projects used andvarious affective assessment results. The paper will also describe plans to formally connect thiscourse to student makerspace use and senior design projects to further integrate optics andphotonics into the electrical engineering curriculum.1. Introduction and BackgroundProducts that incorporate photonics technology include optical fibers and display technology,and these technologies are ubiquitous in today’s society. The significant increases in research,development, and job opportunities involving optics and photonics are raising

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clint Kohl, Cedarville University

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see projects completed fromstart to finish—I felt that allowing students to keep their respective designs would bestaccomplish these objectives. The cost of parts for each robot is shown in Figure, 23 arrangedfrom most expensive to least. These costs include shipping and, in most cases, were bought inlarge quantities from AliExpress [5]. I have found the parts to be of sufficiently high quality but,since the shipping time is about 6 to 8 weeks, planning ahead is very important. At just $35 perrobot, the Dean approved this expenditure and felt the remaining $65 was acceptable to maintainthe lab. Main PCB Board - Osh Park $ 6.72 Rubber Bands 2.5" x .5" $ 0.10 MG996R Servo Motor x2

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Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

job to make sure people know how to use and dispose of themproperly.”Several students were struck by the need to address the problem of e-waste at the design stage,combatting planned obsolescence.“Over all going there and seeing all of the electronic waste just makes me want to be anengineer who is good at future proofing technology.”“As an engineer I should be developing electronics that can adapt to the growing demands ofsociety instead of designing electronics that are meant to be replaced as soon as they come outto stores because they are already obsolete.”“Professionally, this makes me want to look into ways to improve the recycling process. If aprocess was able to be created that could recycle e-waste faster than it was produced

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Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

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well-educated workforce is progressively increasing in both academia and industry. Thus, being exposed to researchmechanisms during the delineation of engineering problems can assist undergraduate students to betterunderstand options for sustaining career vitality. Those who are more aware are able to make moreinformed decisions regarding future career plans in both academia and industry. Moreover, connectingthe course materials to the related state-of-the-art researches that are being conducted in the researchcommunity helps the students to comprehend the course fundamentals while getting familiar with thecontemporary outcomes of the concepts they have learned. It also aids the course instructors to keeptheir course material up-to-date. In